Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked
Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the author s strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of a former student, a self styled verbal terror
A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the author s strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of a former student, a self styled verbal terrorist, who began trying, in her words, to ruin him Hate mail, online postings, and public accusations of plagiarism and sexual misconduct were her weapons of choice and, asA true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the author s strange and harrowing ordeal at the hands of a former student, a self styled verbal terrorist, who began trying, in her words, to ruin him Hate mail, online postings, and public accusations of plagiarism and sexual misconduct were her weapons of choice and, as with conventional terrorist weapons, they proved remarkably difficult to combat James Lasdun s account, while terrifying, is told with compassion and humor, and brilliantly succeeds in turning a highly personal story into a profound meditation on subjects as varied as madness, race, Middle East politics, and the meaning of honor and reputation in the Internet age.
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James Lasdun
About Author
James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in upstate New York He has published two novels as well as several collections of short stories and poetry He has been long listed for the Man Booker Prize and short listed for the Los Angeles Times, T S Eliot, and Forward prizes in poetry and he was the winner of the inaugural U.K BBC Short Story Prize His nonfiction has been published in Harper s Magazine, Granta, and the London Review of Books.
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